stevenmcvey963

first time I had a pint with my old man was in the Sun,can't remember the landlords name but he ended up with the Northumberland,didn't like him much,mind you he probably felt the same

definately front of Market club,that's the garage behind the lads,wonder how much them pints cost them?

yep you're right,got my first bike from there,you could get anything from a bike to a bed or a lawnmower if you like,brilliant.

oh yeah I can just about remember that did it get taken over by the big department store when it opened?

ha ha yeah that's right,I was kicking around there between 1972 and about 1980 how about you mate

the council still employing their high standard of tradesmen then

can't ever remember an upstairs just a few tables by the counter and a sixpenny fruit machine then at the back of the shop the machine where you had to get 3,4 or five numbers in a line and if you got 20 points Peter or Fred would give you 10 bob,happy days

just out of shot at the front of the car is Baccis,Peter and Fred the 2 brothers ran the little cafe for years used to go in there as soon as I got any pocket money,change it into "tanners" and play the famous "machine" brilliant

the shop you see was Coopers prize bingo and the door to the right led to an upstairs pool room ran by their son,the road to the right must be pretty new I was around in the 1970s and was often to be found hanging round there with my girlfriend Susan and mates,Alan Fox,Bob Tweedy,Stephen and Michael Charlton Paul (tuc) Fennell and loads more,they were good times then I left in 1983 but always remember the Bedlington that made me.